Technical Lead, Clinical Informatics Job in San Francisco, California US
Technical Lead, Clinical Informatics
Merck is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and consumer health products, as well as animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company - one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us. Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of people like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career. Technical Lead, Clinical Informatics The Informatics IT (IIT) department within Merck is a multidisciplinary department composed of scientists, computational biologists, software developers and IT professionals who work closely with researchers throughout the drug development pipeline to provide cutting edge, innovative solutions to complex problems. IIT's portfolio includes Merck's global high-performance compute strategy, internal and external sequencing/analysis capabilities and global health informatics strategy development and realization. The clinical informatics technical lead position will oversee the creation and management of a nimble software engineering presence in the bay area to support Merck's increasing efforts in Health Informatics. In this management role she/he will directly contribute to the architecture, development and implementation of key technologies and platforms to support and drive Merck's relationships with health IT and point-of-care organizations. As a technical lead in health informatics, she/he will also work with members of the Discovery, Global Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, and IT organizations to help implement a cohesive, global platform strategy to support partnering around real world healthcare data and capabilities to benefit Merck's RD pipeline and patients with unmet medical needs. Responsibilities: Lead the creation and management of a nimble software development team of 2+ engineers Provide technical and managerial oversight of the development and release of new IT/Informatics capabilities, through a combination of internal development and external partner sourcing. Be active in product design, technical design, architecture and quality engineering Help develop and manage partnerships throughout the organization to understand their strategic objectives Proactively monitor external trends to identify innovative solutions and partnering opportunities Provide technical expertise in the review of potential external collaborators and investment opportunities Approximately 25-50% hands-on development